Advertising device.



F. A. RUDOLPH.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, mm.

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F. A. RUDOLPH.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

AYPLIOATION rum) JAN. 2, 1912.

1 061 401 Patented May 13, 1913.

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2 a: [J 0 2' f FLAVEL A. RUDOLPH, Q1? MAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 2, 1912.

l Patented May 13, 1913. Serial No. 669,040.

To all whom it may concern.

lZ-e it known that I, l navnn A. llunonen, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Maplewood, St. Louis county, l\IllSS()llll, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Advertising Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification, containing a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accon'rpanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention. relates to improvements in advertising devices, and theobject of my invention is to construct a simple means whereby aplurality of :tlexible advertising cards or sheets may be exhibited, oneat a time, and a maximum number of cards stored in a minimum of space.

With the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by theaccompanyingdrawings, in which--- Figure 1 is a front elevation of anadven tising device eml'mdying my invention with the front of the casingremoved; .l ig. 2 is a vertical, sectional elevation of the completeadvertising device; and Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation illustrating thecasing in section and one end only of the operating parts, the Viewbeing taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 designates thecasing which is provided with a glazed opening 9 in its front wall andwith a hinged rear wall 3. Extended transversely of the casing andsupported by the side walls thereof are the cross rods 4C for thesupport of the hood 5 which is arc-shape in cross section, the rods andhood being located in a plane above the glazed opening 2 and the ends ofthe hood being spaced apart from the side walls of the casing.

6 designates a shaft which is rotatably mounted in theside walls of thecasing and extends through the entire casing, the arc of the hood beingstruck from the center of the shaft 6.

7 designates an operating lever which is secured to one end of the shaft(3 outside of the casing. Y

\Vithin the casing and supported upon the shaft 6 between the side wallsof the casing and the ends of the hood 5 are the rocking levers 8, thelength of the levers being less than the radial distance between theshaft 6 and the hood A t the free end of each of the levers 8 is apivotally mounted detent 9, the outer free end 10 of each of which ishook-shape and the inner ends of which carry stops ll.

12 (.lesignates strips which are secured to the side walls of the casingbelow the hood 5 and which incline downwardly and forwardly. Secured toeach of the strips is a metallic guide 13, the rear ends of which extendupwardly beyond the lower ends of the hood 5 and the forward ends ofwhich incline upuutrdly toward the glazed opening 2.

14 tilesignate endless tapes which rest upon the hood 5 adjacent eachend of the hood. Secured to the tapes at regular intervals are the rods15 and 16, the rods 15 being of lengths greater than the rods 16 so thatthe rods to may pass between the guides 13 and drop beneath the guidesas clearly shown in Fig. 2. i

l? designates levers supported bythe shaft 6 and which are preferablyformed integral with the levers 8 on the opposite side of the shaft. Thelevers 17 support and operate stops 18 the free ends of which arearranged to slide in bearings 19 secured to the side walls of thecasing.

The cards 20 bearing the matter to be displayed as shown are flexibleand secured to the tapes 14 by means of the fastening devices 21 1referably of the type which permitv of detachably securing the cards tothe tapes. If desired the cards may be dispensed with and samples offlexible goods may be secured directly to the tapes, or looselysuspended from the rods.

To operate the device power for the rotation of the shaft 6,manipulation of the hand lever shown or by placing a pulley connectedwith power for rocking the shaft, whereby the device may be operated.continuously by power or manipulated intermittently by hand. lVith eachrocking of the shaft (3 the levers S are moved and the detent's 10engaging the ends of one of the rods 15 and 16 advance the flexibleadvertising carriers :1 distance equal to the spacing apart of the rods.A reverse movement of the shaft 6 carries the lovers 8 to their startingpositions, the detents riding beneath the rods and being moved bygravity to their initial positions. When the levers 8 are moved toadvance the sheet the is applied either by a stops 18 are moved so thattheir free ends are in positions, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, toengage one of the rods and 16, thus it the movement of the levers 8 beof sufficient speed to carry the flexible carrier of the advertisingmatter a distance greater than is desired the said stops 18 will engageone of said rods and prevent a movement of the flexible carrier beyondthe desired distance.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the guide 13 engages and supports all of thelong rods 15 and all of the shorter rods 16 are dropped beneath theguides 13 and hold the flexible advertising carrier in folds spacedapart only by the thickness of the rods 16. Secured to the side walls ofthe casing beneath the lowermost forward ends of the guides 12 areupwardly and inwardly inclined blocks 22 which are arranged to engagethe ends of the shorter rods 16 thereby guiding them to cause the tapesand advertising cards to travel properly.

I claim:

1. In an advertising device, a carrier for advertising matter comprisingendless, flexible tapes and rods secured to the tapes, a support for thecarrier, a pair of rocking levers arrangedto engage with the rods forthe movement of the carrier and advertising matter, and means operablein conjunction with the levers for engagement with the rods for limitingthe movement of the carrier.

2. An advertising device, comprising in combination a carrier consistingof a pair of endless, flexible tapes and rods of different lengthssecured each of the tapes, a pair of supports one above the other forthe carrier, the uppermost support arranged to support all ofthe rods,the lowermost support arranged to support only the rods of greatestlengths, a pair of rocking levers, a detent carried by each levercapable of movement in one direction only for engagement with said rods,means for moving said levers and detents for the advancement of thecarrier, and means operable in conjunction with said levers forengagement with said rods for limiting the movement of the carrier.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FLAVEL A. RUDOLPH. Witnesses JOHN ANDERSON, B. A. J ONES.

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